The new owners of Market Square 'hope to bring some life back into the center with new leases and curb appeal.'

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The sprawling Lafayette shopping center - which has been the subject of intrigue ever since it went up for public auction last year - has been purchased by Lafayette MSP LLC, a joint entity of investors partially owned by Market Square's property manager.

Kirby Realty owner Jennie Kirby, who has managed the shopping center on Lafayette's north end for the past eight years, confirmed to the Journal & Courier on Friday that Lafayette MSP was the winning bidder in the facility's second auction. ...